Bloody discussion in the city park: 17-year-old seriously injured!

Bloody discussion in the city park: 17-year-old seriously injured!

In the Hamburg city park there was a shocking incident on Saturday evening, which again heats up the discussion about the willingness to violence among young people in Germany. As Welt , a 17-year-old was injured in the dispute between groups with a knife with a knife. The situation completely escalated when the 19-year-old perpetrator suddenly stood on an uninvolved passerby.

The injured person was immediately taken to the hospital, his condition is now stable. The attacker, who fled, was able to quickly be caught, but vehemently resisted his arrest, clearly seen in a video that documents the discussion and is already circulating on the Internet, such as ndr supplemented.

The argument and its consequences

Thanks to the quick intervention by the police, the situation could only be calmed down after reinforcements arrived. The police officers were attacked by members of the victim in the deployment, which led to further injuries. An official was hit slightly on the arm when a tent stick was used as a impact weapon. The interior senator Andy Grote (SPD) expressed concerns about increasing violence against police officers, even if he did not consider this episode as a targeted attack on the emergency services.

The police union urgently warned of vigilante justice and emphasized that the police should not be disturbed in the exercise of their duty. An outcry goes through the city and beyond, because the incidents in the city park are not an isolated case, but tear a explosive topic.

increase in youth crime

recently published statistics show that violence among young people in Germany is increasing. According to ZDF , the number of suspects aged from 14 to 18 years rose by 3.8 percent. Apart from the psychological stress by the Corona measures, reference is also made to new concepts of masculinity that contribute to this development. Criminologist Dirk Baier sees an increase in physical violence and demands social pedagogical approaches and preventive interventions.

The current events in the city park in Hamburg are thus in a worrying context. It remains to be seen which measures the city and the authorities will take to ensure security for all citizens, especially for young people. The murder commission has started the investigation and the police are asking witnesses to report to bring light into the dark events of the evening.